US markets jump on stronger consumer confidence and intensified US-EU trade talks. Australian consumer confidence drops despite the RBA’s rate cut last week. Australian annual inflation for April may tick up, and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand is set to ease policy later today.

In our deep-dive interview, ANZ’s Head of Asia Research Khoon Goh investigates the Singapore dollar’s even safer-haven status as the US dollar wobbles.

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